| LC control no. | n 87148317 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Johnson, Tommy, approximately 1896-1956 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1896 |
| Death date | 1956-11-01 |
| Place of birth | Terry (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Crystal Springs (Miss.) |
| Affiliation | Delta Blues Band Paramount (Sound recording label) Victor Records (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Blues musicians Guitarists |
| Found in | His Tommy Johnson [SR] 1986?: label (Tommy Johnson) container (b. ca. 1896; d. 11-1-56) LC data base, 12-3-87 (hdg.: Johnson, Tommy) New Grove dict. of American music (Johnson, Tommy; b. Terry, MS, c. 1896; d. Crystal Springs, MS, 1 Nov. 1956) All music guide WWW site, Oct. 21, 2008 (Tommy Johnson; b. 1896, Terry, MS; d. Nov. 1, 1956, Crystal Springs, MS; blues singer and guitarist) Encyc. of the blues, 2006 (Tommy Johnson; b. ca. 1896, Terry, MS; d. Nov. 1, 1956, Crystal Springs, MS; blues singer and guitarist) African American National Biography, accessed July 1, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Johnson, Tommy; blues musician / singer, songwriter, guitarist; born 1896 near Terry, Mississippi, United States. He played the guitar as a Delta Blues musician in Drew, Mississippi and with Willie Brown and Charlie Patton. He recorded songs with Victor Records inMemphis (1928), and with the Paramount label in Wisconsin (1929). He also played at house parties and street corners in Jackson and Crystal Springs area, and was portrayed in the award-winning film: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He died 01 November, 1956 in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States) |
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